Notifications

This will keep you informed of the planned time and date of any future repatriations. Notifications are also posted on our Twitter account.

Typically the time and date of a repatriation are only issued by the MoD two or three days in advance.

The Memorial Garden

The Repatriation Memorial Garden is located in Norton Way, Brize Norton.

The Memorial Garden was designed by a small group of local people including the Royal British Legion, community representatives from Brize Norton and Carterton, and current and retired military personnel.

The design is intended to provide a focus for the public to pay their respects. At the centre of the garden is a flag pole where the Union Flag from Royal Wootton Bassett is flown on the days repatriations take place.

The Memorial was constructed using natural stone sourced from a local quarry in the Cotswold area.

Planting of trees around the Memorial Garden took place in late September. The next change will be for poppies to be sown in the grass around the memorial in remembrance of past sacrifice in the cause of freedom.

Pavilion

The sports pavilion at the junction of Monahan Way and Norton Way is open to provide public access to male, female and accessible toilet facilities. Light refreshment catering is available for purchase at the pavilion kitchen. The car parking at this site is reserved entirely for Blue Badge holders. Vehicles without Blue Badges must park in car park A.

Toilets

A number of unisex portaloos are positioned in Northwood Crescent (car park A) along the pedestrian route to the memorial site. Further toilet facilities are available inside the sports pavilion. Carterton town centre (approximately half a mile away) also has toilet facilities available.

Catering

Refreshments are available in the sports pavilion in Norton Way. Carterton Town Centre has two pubs and café facilities available. There are a number of food and refreshment outlets in neighbouring villages.

Memorial bell

The Memorial Bell.

A memorial bell has been installed at the Oxfordshire Memorial Garden on the borders of Carterton and Brize Norton.

The bell has been made by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London, which cast Big Ben. A campaign to raise funds for the bell reached its target in early 2012.

The bell will toll at repatriations.

The cortege route

At Brize Norton village the cortege turns left into Carterton Road, and progresses along Norton Way, Monahan Way and then heads out towards the A40 at Minister Lovell. Once on the A40 the cortege progresses on that road through to Oxford, linking to the previous routing from RAF Lyneham, exiting onto Marsh Lane at Marston and entering the John Radcliffe Hospital via Headley Way.

Road

Facilities in Carterton

Carterton has a number of food and refreshment outlets (pdf format, 17 KB). There are a small number of bed and breakfasts in the town, and in the neighbouring villages of Brize Norton and Bampton. Additional B&B accommodation and hotels are available at nearby Witney and Burford.